Captain Blood (1935) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, Peter Blood, an English physician, is sent to exile in the British colonies of the Caribbean, where he becomes a pirate. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 41 titles created 14 Mar 2011 a list of 30 titles created 25 Mar 2011 a list of 41 titles created 07 Feb 2012 a list of 32 titles created 26 Jun 2013 a list of 43 titles created 08 Feb 2015 Search for " Captain Blood " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 5 Oscars.

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Director: George Sherman Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune. Director: William Keighley Edit Storyline Arrested during the Monmouth Rebellion and falsely convicted of treason, Dr. Peter Blood is banished to the West Indies and sold into slavery. In Port Royal, Jamaica the Governor's daughter Arabella Bishop buys him for £10 to spite her uncle, Col. Bishop who owns a major plantation. Life is hard for the men and for Blood as well. By chance he treats the Governor's gout and is soon part of the medical service. He dreams of freedom and when the opportunity strikes, he and his friends rebel taking over a Spanish ship that has attacked the city. Soon, they are the most feared pirates on the seas, men without a country attacking all ships. When Arabella is prisoner, Blood decides to return her to Port Royal only to find that it is under the control of England's new enemy, France. All of them must decide if they are to fight for their new King.

Written by garykmcd THE MOST MAGNIFICENT & THRILLING SEA ADVENTURE EVER FILMED (original print ad - all caps) See more » Genres: 28 December 1935 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia IN JOKE: After Peter Blood and his friends have escaped from slavery, taken the Spanish ship and he is reading the proclamation banding them together as a brotherhood of buccaneers, he mentions the date: "this 20th day of June, 1685" (or 168-- something). Anyway, as all Errol Flynn fans know, June 20 was Flynn's birthday. It's hard to believe this is a coincidence. What is interesting is that when he made this film, Flynn wasn't yet a star and it would seem risky for him to fool around with the dialogue. It could be that he changed the date, himself, and no one noticed. Or perhaps they let him do it. Flynn did a similar thing in his later The Dawn Patrol (1938). In the film his character, Courtney, mentions his father, who is a professor of biology at Queens.

Flynn's own father was professor of biology at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1938. See more » Goofs During the final battle, Captain Blood's ship hoists a Union Jack flag, not in use until after the Act of Union in 1701. The scene takes place in 1689 (shortly after William III and Mary II take the throne). The correct flag should be the Cross of St. George (red cross on white background). See more » Quotes Mrs. Barlow : Who, who is it? Dr. Peter Blood : That we'll know better when you've opened the door. (Deming, New Mexico, USA) – See all my reviews It's Flynn's first big picture and it brings him together with Olivia DeHavilland, Michael Curtiz, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. It's not their best movie together but it's a terrific introduction to the parts these personalities were to play in swashbucklers. Flynn is brash and cocky. (He didn't change much until he began to physically deteriorate later in life.) He projects his emotions the way a traffic light projects directions, with utter simplicity.

There's never a moment when we doubt we know what he's thinking. He looks extremely handsome too (he was 26) without being in the least effete. Olivia De Havilland is his perfect counterpart. She was never a raving beauty, but she's extremely feminine. She has a wide face with huge eyes, a dazzling smile, and a tinkling laugh. Where Flynn is adventurous she is cautious, thoughtful, often puzzled about her loyalties, and she holds things back, while Flynn shouts things out. The rest of the cast is filled with familiar faces from the 30s -- J. Carol Naish, Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwill -- and they do their jobs well. It's a sound-stage bound movie with a lot of model work, some of it clumsy but still effective. A neatly done set is a tribute to the production designer. The banana plants grow neatly in picturesque places and the papier-mache palms beat the real thing. Natural locations are often cluttered with vegetation, but these jungles and beaches are flawless. They don't look like real locations. They look like what you wish real locations looked like. This is Erich Wolfgang Korngold's first score for a movie.

(He'd previously adapted Mendelsohn for an earlier one.) It's often claimed that Hollywood composers were child prodigies but in Korngold's case it's not an exaggeration. He was studying piano and music theory at five, conducted his own cantata (for Gustav Mahler) at nine, and had his first work published at thirteen. He was a prolific composer too -- violin concertos, two operas -- by the time he was in his mid-thirties. Max Reinhardt sent him to Hollywood to write a few scores, of which this was one. It was thrown into his lap and he had to write it almost overnight. There was simply not enough time to do it all, so he stole a little from Liszt, the scene in which the Spanish pirates are looting the town. He returned to Europe to continue his career but, well, the continent by that time was no place for a guy named Korngold, genius or not. So he returned to Hollywood until after the war when he was able to go back to Europe and renew his composing.

I don't mean to take up too much space dealing with Korngold, but the fact is that Flynn's early movies would just not be the same with anyone else. Korngold wrote music the way Flynn acted -- full of dash and bombast -- and some of it was stunningly lyrical. (The simple love song in "The Sea Hawk" has a melodic progression that defies prediction.) It's hardly worth noting that the name of this talented musician has been parodied elsewhere as "Wolfgang von Korngold" by another reviewer, Howydymax, whose penetrating insights into film fare I have usually admired and sometimes stolen from. Curtiz's direction had the same slam-bang quality as the composer's. Absolutely nothing artsy about it, a straightforward story. There are some weaknesses in the script. When I first saw it, finally, on TV, I'd been waiting for a chance for years and was frustrated because there didn't seem to be enough action. One longish scene of sailing ships pounding each other to pieces, and one fencing match between Basil Rathbone and Flynn -- too brief for my taste. Actually, at the time Flynn wasn't comfortable with swordplay and it shows.

Rathbone, on the other hand, took up the sport seriously and was evidently a pretty accomplished fencer. I've seen it again recently and enjoyed it much more, a cartoon of a movie, full of intrigue, romance, and action. Well worth watching. 22 of 26 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Audience Reviews for Captain Blood ½ 'Jack Sparrow' you say?? Errol's first big role and a darn good one at that. Looking dashing, your typical cutlass wielding buccaneer, along with the gorgeous Havilland (at her sexiest) and good old Basil Rathbone, 'Blood' is a rousing adventure with dueling, romance and some pretty excellent looking galleon battles too. The costumes and effects are tremendous for such an old film, it looks really authentic, the dialog is brilliant with the olde English terms and phrases, all of this really gets you into the pirate mood perfectly me hearties. The first pairing of Havilland and Flynn began a dream team that lasted for many films, all classic, and again in this you can see why.

Both look good together and they were always cast in roles that just suited them (period of course) Havilland was always better at the acting side if you ask me, Flynn was kinda wooden really but he was a mans man. Top film in all areas and with a sword fight between Rathbone and Flynn that matches the 'Robin Hood' one for moves, looks and excitement. If only they made films now like this one. Phil Hubbs Super Reviewer If you love pirate movies and the stars of the 30s, you'll enjoy this movie. It has a lot of good actors, it's exciting, and hey it's a pirate movie! How could you not like this movie? Sure, it's not too spectacular, but it's got it's charm. I enjoyed it. Aj V Super Reviewer Captain Blood marks the star-creating, breakthrough performances of both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. It's also one of the great epics of early Hollywood. Flynn stars as Doctor Peter Blood, a man who finds himself in prison after treating a wounded man who was injured fighting in rebellion against the king. Though Blood himself was not apart of the rebellion, he's sentenced to death for treason.

At the last moment, the king issues a decree that all condemned men (remaing alive) are sentenced to slavery in the island colonies. Here, he's purchased by Arabella Bishop (de Havilland), on a whim that he's so much more sophisticated than the other slaves, but Blood wants no part in being her "toy", and is sent to work among the other slaves doing hard labor. When it's discovered he's actually a very competent doctor, he's sent to treat the governor's game foot and becomes a sort of in-house doctor for the ailing old man. Blood concocts a scheme for escape which is aided greatly by the timely attack of spanish pirates upon the port. With the aid of several fellow slaves, Blood takes over a spanish ship and soon sets off for the high seas to live the life of a pirate. There are so many things that go into making this a great picture, most obviously, Flynn's performance as Captain Blood. Direction and story are also simple yet eloquent. Action/adventure blockbusters are nothing new, and while modern times have shown improvements in special effects and sound editing, there's nothing that can take the place of good old fashioned human effort.

For pirate adventure, I daresay Captain Blood is better than Pirates of the Carribean any day. According to my favorite reliable source, wikipedia, swash "is the water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken". I'm not sure how you buckle water the washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken, but I can assure you Errol Flynn has buckled it. Devon Bott Captain Blood (1935) Action Energized by Errol Flynn and Korngold's Score — Immortal Ephemera By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments I thought so, but it'd been awhile. Without a doubt Captain Blood (1935) is my favorite action/adventure film of all-time. Errol Flynn is simply amazing in the title role. He absolutely owns the camera with his every move with perhaps only Erich Wolfgang Korngold's rousing score registering on a scale approaching the young Flynn.

Don't get me wrong, Olivia de Havilland shines as Arabella Bishop in what for her, like Flynn, is a breakout role, however as is so often the case when they're paired Flynn is the indisputable star of the film while de Havilland finds herself with much less to do as his love interest. Olivia De Havilland and Errol Flynn in Captain Blood Prior to Captain Blood Flynn had only played a couple of small roles in the U.S. for Warner's; in The Case of the Curious Bride (1935), a Perry Mason film starring Warren William, and Don't Bet on Blondes (1935), another William vehicle from the same year. De Havilland would have been only a little more noticed having come to Warner's with Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and then finding herself between James Cagney and Pat O'Brien in The Irish in Us (1935). And then what in retrospect seems like one of the most unlikeliest pairings of all time opposite Joe E. Brown in Alibi Ike (1935).

Flynn was just 26 at the time of Captain Blood, while de Havilland was still a teenager, just 19. Captain Blood was based on the novel Captain Blood, His Odyssey by Rafael Sabatini, published in 1922 with sequels in print to follow. Previously filmed by Vitagraph in 1924, a company sold to Warner's the following year, the silent version of Captain Blood starred J. Warren Kerrigan as Captain Peter Blood with Jean Paige as Arabella Bishop. A truncated version said to include most of the action scenes had been available on DVD at one time from Grapevine Video , but it appears to have slipped out of print. Publicity shot of J. Warren Kerrigan in the 1924 Vitagraph Captain Blood In the excellent featurette, Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler is Born, found on the Warner Brothers' DVD release of Captain Blood, it is film historian Rudy Behlmer who explains that Warner's sensed the Adventure film was back in vogue after the success of Reliance Pictures' The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), released in the U.S by United Artists, and MGM's Treasure Island (1934).

Captain Blood was dusted off to be remade. It's well-known that Monte Cristo star Robert Donat was offered the role, as was Brian Aherne (and I've also seen reference to George Brent and, yes, Warren William), but after things could not be worked out with the more established actors Warner's turned to fresh faced contract player Flynn who had previously worked for director Michael Curtiz in the aforementioned Perry Mason film. It'd be Flynn's second of 12 films with Curtiz, a wildly successful but at the same time sour relationship, as well as his first of 8 alongside de Havilland. What a beauty! Olivia de Havilland as Arabella Bishop All that gets us to the film itself, and what a film! Lest you dismiss Captain Blood as just another pirate movie I'd reply that it's half that. We follow Flynn's Peter Blood, a late 17th Century Irish doctor in England, to his trial after he is caught at the wrong place at the wrong time by King James' men and across the Atlantic into slavery at Port Royal where he's purchased through mercy and a lusty eye by de Havilland's Arabella.

No such mercy is afforded by Arabella's uncle, Colonel Bishop (Lionel Atwill), a favorite of King James whose standing at Port Royal is only behind that of the gouty Governor (George Hassell). From the film's opening in 1685 it takes two whole years for our character to turn to piracy, or fully one hour of our viewing time. Ah yes, don't forget the brain! Before Blood takes to the sea he plans an escape involving the financial backing of a pair of dimwitted Doctors (Donald Meek and Hobart Cavanaugh), whose standing in the colony has been withered by Blood's own successful treatment of the Governor, and the freedom of movement afforded a colonial debtor, Honesty Nuttall (Forrester Harvey). The plan is all but thwarted when Blood is discovered treating his friend, Jeremy Pitt (Ross Alexander), against Bishop's orders while Pitt is still tied to the whipping post.

Enraged, Bishop has Blood tied to the post and is about to unleash a fury which will certainly detain Blood and the boys when off in the distance cannon fire is heard and Flynn, in a film absolutely filled with fantastic lines more or less winks at us and offers: "Now this is what I'd call a timely interruption." Ross Alexander It's from there that Blood and his fellow slaves take advantage of the distracted Spanish, who as the title card proclaims, "pillage and celebrate in pirate fashion," by taking over their landing vessel and making their official turn to piracy. Blood remarks that "We the hunted will now hunt." Yes, piracy is glamorized in Captain Blood though remember most of our crew of slaves were originally condemned together in England. These men aren't your typical band of marauding criminals, they were condemned of war crimes. They are simply regular folk battling against the injustices of their King and so possess a streak of morality is not all that unexpected, especially our hero Blood. Flynn spouts so many great lines throughout Captain Blood that I considered a list, but then realized I couldn't understand him about 10% of the time. His best speeches are long and loud.

Despite Guy Kibbee's Hagthorpe's wish of stretching Bishop over the cannon so he could spread his guts all over the place, he's easily convinced by Blood that the most fitting punishment for Bishop is simply to be thrown overboard. See, they're not all that bad. On board beyond Blood's natural leadership, other assets include Alexander's Pitt, formerly a ship's navigator, Robert Barrat's Wolverstone, who had six years in King James' Navy, and Kibbee, sporting a hilarious wig as Hagthorpe, previously a gunner in the Navy himself. Perhaps the most depraved of the bunch on board Blood's ship is Honesty Nuttall (Harvey), the debtor and along with the Governor, our comedy relief.

Honesty Nutall tries his get rich quick scheme Excepting some busy battle vignettes we're largely left to imagine any brutality, though the ship's charter lays out recompense for missing limbs and we are shown a couple of the men collecting after an early conquest--600 pieces of eight for loss of a right arm, 500 for loss of a left--"There you are, Andrew, and good luck," Blood says cheerily to one of the men after paying out 500 pieces of eight for his missing left arm. Guy Kibbee menaces Lionel Atwill which Robert Barrat looks on over Atwill's other shoulder Far more vicious were the lives the men lived as slaves under Atwill. This piracy seems simple enough by comparison, but for a couple of near fatal mistakes: 1) Blood's forging of an alliance with the French Captain Levasseur ( Basil Rathbone ), and 2) Blood's love of Arabella Bishop, which clouds his better judgment in a couple of key instances, though those instances do work out to Blood's favor whether through skill (overcoming Levasseur) or luck (the political landscape in England).

Ironically Blood tells Levasseur that "women will be the death of you," and while that scenario plays out in the first of Flynn and Rathbone's memorable movie sword fights, the tension exists which could make Blood's line his own prophecy as well. As the action and the tension of the love story build to their climax his own men refer to Blood as a "lovesick madman." Basil Rathbone REALLY loves a good duel! Flynn and Rathbone clash for the first time on screen As Korngold's theme rumbles through my head even now I think of Captain Blood as a film I wish I'd seen much sooner, how great it would have been to have seen this one as a kid so I could have played it with my friends! I can just imagine us beating the tar out of each other with switches in recreating Flynn and Rathbone's duel, though I suppose we did so anyway all in the name of Star Wars at that time. As it is even as an adult the dashing Flynn accompanied by that energetic score still manages to stir in me an excitement which has yet to dim through numerous viewings. One final note, the idea of this , scares me. I may be wrong but in development I hope she stays!

In England the release of Captain Blood inspired a set of trade cards: 1937 B. Morris & Sons, Ltd. Captain Blood set . Share this: Captain Blood - Great Pirate Swashbucklers Captain Blood (1935) Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland 'Captain Blood' is a swashbuckling adventure film, one of the first true action-adventure films of the sound era, made in 1935, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill and Basil Rathbone. It was Flynn's first lead role in a feature film and it made him a star overnight. The film also marks the first of eight romantic costume pictures in which he would co-star with Olivia de Havilland whose refined prettiness was the perfect foil for his athletic exuberance. The screenplay was written by Casey Robinson, and is based on the Rafael Sabatini's novel of the same name. The plot is solid and carefully constructed, full of action, thrilling sword fights, sea battles and romance and is matched by a wonderful musical score from one of Hollywood's greatest composers, Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Search Amazon for 'Captain Blood' 'Captain Blood' was well received on release, by both critics and public. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture but lost to 'Mutiny on the Bounty', and was also nominated unsuccessfully for Best Sound Recording. It nevertheless holds up admirably after so many years and is still one of the best pirate films ever made. Plot Flynn plays Irish doctor Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason for tending to a wounded friend, and shipped off to slavery in the Caribbean. He escapes and turns pirate and is pursued by his former slave owner whose daughter, Arabella, is romanced by Flynn. He also falls out with an evil French buccaneer faultlessly played by Basil Rathbone which leads to a remarkably satisfying sword fight to the death. Production Jack Warner had noted that 'Treasure Island' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo', both made in 1934, had become extremely popular, and had gone a long way to reviving the Hollywood swashbuckler genre.

MGM were in the process of making a seafaring adventure movie in 1935 with 'Mutiny on the Bounty', and Warner made the decision to remake 'Captain Blood', which had originally been made in 1924 as a silent movie. It was based on the 1922 bestselling novel by Rafael Sabatini, the rights to which Warner Brothers had purchased in 1925. Casting Warner selected no-nonsense, Hungarian born Michael Curtiz as director with originally Robert Donat in the title role. When Donat dropped out, Leslie Howard was seriously considered, along with other top names including Fredric March, Ronald Colman, Clark Gable, George Brent and Brian Aherne. Jack Warner felt that the basic material and supporting cast were strong but that they were taking a big risk without including any big name stars. Nevertheless, with the encouragement of Curtiz, the pivotal lead role was finally given to unknown Errol Flynn, a Tasmanian born Australian who had been recommended to Curtiz by Flynn's then wife, actress Lily Damita. It was an inspired choice. The handsome, athletic Flynn was an instant hit and the film made him a major star.

Curtiz was an arch professional and drove his young stars hard. Some of Flynn's early scenes took as much as ten takes and his earliest efforts were reshot by Curtiz later in the production when Flynn's initial nervousness was less obvious. The part of Arabella was originally offered to Marion Davies before selecting the unknown nineteen-year-old Olivia de Havilland. During the shoot, Flynn collapsed and passed out. After Warner had thoroughly chastised him for drunkenness, doctors revealed that he had suffered an attack of malaria which he had contracted in the South Pacific. Battle Scenes 'Captain Blood' was one of the first true action-adventure films in the Talkies era and includes some exciting battle scenes. No full-sized vessels were used for the scenes. Curtiz used a combination of miniatures and rear projection shots. The exciting battle sequence, when Blood and his pirates take the French ships, required a large technical team together with some 2,500 extras. Most of the movie was shot on soundstages at Warners studio but some of the exteriors were shot on location at Laguna Beach, including the famous sword fight between Rathbone and Flynn.

Main Cast ‎Captain Blood (1935) directed by Michael Curtiz • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 6 Enter Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland! A gamble on a big budget production which payed off, instantly making stars of them both. And what a grand adventure film! The type that Flynn would be most known for. The type of films that Douglas Fairbanks Sr. did during the 1920s. Flynn basically filled his spot for that niche in the market, because there hadn't been many spectacular adventure films after sound had arrived up to this point. Too difficult I guess until they'd mastered the new technology. And Captain Blood is full of fun and brutality! For a 2 hours action adventure it sure fills it's time well. Never a dull moment with Flynn being the ace and de Havilland is… 4 Errol Flynn was an Australian actor who became an overnight sensation when he arrived in Hollywood. This film directed by Michael Curtiz was his first real starring role and quickly earmarked him as one of the legends of the golden age of Hollywood.

A figure who became as famous for his off-screen shenanigans as for those in front of the camera, he was a ladies man with a lurid reputation. Captain Blood is the epitome of the "swashbuckling" adventure films so popular in the 1930's. Featuring Flynn as a former physician sold into slavery during the reign of James II and sent to Port Royal, this is the old adage of the wronged man standing up for his beliefs, regardless… 4 Before Jack Sparrow, before Maximus Meridius, before Han Solo, there was Errol Flynn. It is easy to conclude this is one of the classic adventure films, one of many from the golden age of Warner Bros. Flynn is thunderous as the hero Peter Blood, a simple character on the page that finds humility to spare in Flynn's natural charisma and likeability. It is squarely in his Robin Hood wheelhouse and it doesn't take much to want to root for him. The torture and enslavement of his character only helps hammer home the justice you want to see enacted, but good-hearted humor and gags easily transition from anguish and defeat to high-seas adventure.

Flynn's love interest is equally matched in Olivia… Review by Nuno Costa ★★★★ Viewed on TCM Captain Blood was to be played by Robert Donat, but because of health issues Donat had to drop out and Errol Flynn was an unknown. According to IMDB.Com: This was a big gamble for Warner Brothers in 1935, as it was an expensive production, costing $1 million without any household names (both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland became stars after the film's release). His first major starring role, Errol Flynn was so nervous during the initial shooting that director Michael Curtiz had to re-shoot his early scenes much later into the production, by which time Flynn had gained a level of confidence. This gamble paid off for the actors as well as for director Michael Curtiz.… Review by loureviews ★★★½ Probably the first classic adventure film in the talking picture era, and it was the film to introduce Errol Flynn to the screen - quite by accident, as this role was planned for the very different Robert Donat (39 Steps, Goodbye Mr Chips).

Anyway, Flynn steps in, and he's great, as is his screen-girl, Olivia de Havilland - their first teaming of many. The plot is a variant on the prisoners-become-pirates one which was used more than once in the future. It's got excellent Korngold music, and sparkling battle sequences. If it got a demerit for anything it would be that had it been made in colour, it would have had the same staying power and entertainment value as Flynn's… Greatest Films of 1935 Alice Adams (1935) , 99 minutes, D: George Stevens An RKO social drama adapted from Booth Tarkington's 1921 novel. A silent version was released in 1923. A likeable, small-town teenager Alice Adams (Katharine Hepburn) was from a middle-class background in a midwestern town, but frustrated because she desperately wished to be accepted by her upper-class peers. She was embarrassed by her family's social status and her father's lack of ambition, so she convinced her friends that she was from a wealthy family.

At a high-society party, she met a wealthy, handsome young man Arthur Russell (Fred MacMurray) and told him fanciful tales of her family's fortunes. She invited him into her home and in the memorable scene at the disastrous dinner table, everything went wrong as it was painfully obvious what her social circumstances really were. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) , 73/90 minutes, D: James Whale A frightening, but campy, classic horror film, a sequel that bettered the original, and preceded the next film with an all-star horror cast, The House of Frankenstein (1944). A masterpiece from Universal horror director James Whale. Remade as The Bride (1985), starring Sting and Jennifer Beals. The delightfully evil but weird scientist Dr. Septimus Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) compelled and convinced Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) to artificially make a female companion/mate (Elsa Lanchester) to placate the lonely Monster (Boris Karloff), who had been terrorizing the countryside. In this version, the monster was more human-like, and could even speak a few words.

(The monster had escaped death from the fiery castle at the end of Frankenstein (1931), the previous film). The humorous creation/"birth" scene of the Bride was an unforgettable classic. Captain Blood (1935), 119 minutes, D: Michael Curtiz A classic adventure film swashbuckler, Errol Flynn's first starring role, and the first of eight romantic pairings with co-star de Havilland. A young 17th century Irish physician/surgeon Dr. Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) was wrongly condemned by a judge for participating in the Monmouth uprising and aiding the rebels by treating their wounds. He was sold into plantation slavery in the Caribbean (Jamaica). He was purchased by the beautiful niece Arabella Bishop (Olivia de Havilland) of a brutal plantation owner, but escaped his unfair sentence and became a leader of a band of fearsome Caribbean pirates. He launched his own battle against Col. Bishop, the colonial governor of Jamaica (Lionel Atwill) in a number of stirring action sequences including sea battles and bombardments and a fencing duel with rival villainous pirate Capt. Levasseur (Basil Rathbone).

He also charmingly romanced Arabella. Dangerous (1935), 78 minutes, D: Alfred E. Green Considered the ultimate soap-opera. An idealistic, aspiring, handsome architect Don Bellows (Franchot Tone) attempted to rehabilitate and save an alcoholic former great Broadway star Joyce Heath (Bette Davis) from despair. He sponsored the tempestuous star's comeback in a stage play by bankrolling her efforts. In the process, he lost his heart to her romantically (while breaking off his engagement to his adoring wealthy socialite Gail Armitage (Margaret Lindsay), despite the presence of Joyce's husband Gordon Heath (John Eldredge). When Gordon refused to give his wife Joyce a divorce, she intentionally ran the car into a tree and paralyzed him for life. Joyce was guilt-ridden after the deliberate accident, vowed to take care of Gordon, and sent Don back to Gail. Notable for Bette Davis winning her first Best Actress Academy Award, possibly as a consolation prize because she didn't win for Of Human Bondage (1934) a year earlier.

David Copperfield (1935, UK), 133 minutes, D: George Cukor The definitive Hollywood/UK film adaptation of the 1850 Charles Dickens novel, the first and possibly the best of all film versions of Dickens' works. It was the story of young David Copperfield's (Freddie Bartholomew/Frank Lawton) growth to manhood in 19th century England. He lived an idyllic life at first with his recently widowed mother (Elizabeth Allan) and his nurse until his mother married the despicable and mean Mr. Murdstone (Basil Rathbone). When she died while he was away at boarding school, the orphaned David was forced to return home and go to work in his stepfather's sweat-shop warehouse under grim child labor conditions. He ran away to Dover to his eccentric Aunt Betsey (Edna May Oliver) and eventually survived all his trials to become an author, who eventually married his childhood sweetheart Agnes (Madge Evans). With unforgettably colorful secondary characterizations, especially the impoverished but philosophical Micawber (W. C. Fields) and villainous Uriah Heep (Roland Young).

The Informer (1935), 91 minutes, D: John Ford One of John Ford's greatest films, an Academy-Award winner based on the novel by Liam O'Flaherty. This profound expressionistic study of life in 1922 Dublin, Ireland was during the time of the violent Irish Sinn Fein civil rebellion. Gypo Nolan (Best Actor-winning Victor McLaglen), a big, slow-minded, hard-drinking Irish Dubliner, had been ejected from the IRA for refusing to shoot a deserter. Unemployed, he committed the ultimate traitorous act by revealing the identity and betraying his IRA leader and friend Frankie McPhillip (Wallace Ford) in order to collect a twenty pound reward from the hated British Black and Tans - money he hoped would pay for passage to America. Thereby, he began a downward spiral, especially after his friend died in custody. He was regretful, devastated and tormented by his decision and his conscience, drank away his reward money, and was put on trial (where he falsely accused Peter Mulligan (Donald Meek)) and became the object of revenge by the IRA.

Les Misérables (1935), 108 minutes, D: Richard Boleslawski The first (and some consider the best) of the many film adaptations of Victor Hugo's novel of 19th century France, with beautiful cinematography by Gregg Toland. This is the classic story of good and evil in an unforgiving and unrelenting legal system. Jean Valjean (Fredric March), who had stolen a loaf of bread to survive, was captured and given 10 years of hard labor. He escaped prison and rebuilt his life, becoming a respectable mayor of the town where a truly frightening and vengeful Javert (Charles Laughton) was chief of police. Valjean was identified as a wanted criminal, and then tormented by the unimpassioned, obsessed, and single-minded Javert, who would not let the past be forgotten. Not to be confused with the French 1934 version.

The Littlest Rebel (1935), 70 minutes, D: David Butler One of famous child star Shirley Temple's most well-known 20th Century Fox pictures, although some criticized the film's sequence in which Shirley masqueraded in black face disguise as a "pickinniny," and the film's over-idealized view of slavery. Set in the South during the Civil War, young Virginia "Virgie" Houston Cary (Shirley Temple) was the six-year-old daughter of Confederate rebel officer Capt. Herbert Cary (John Boles), who was jailed trying to sneak back through Union lines with her after visiting his sick wife Helen (Karen Morley) in a rundown slave cabin. She saved her father from being executed as a Confederate spy by charming President Abe Lincoln (Frank McGlynn Sr.), sharing an apple with him. Notable for its tap-dancing duet highlight "Polly Wolly Doodle" by Shirley Temple and Uncle Billy (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson). The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) , 109 minutes, D: Henry Hathaway An escapist, rousing classic adventure film.

A tale of the British Empire at the time of its vast colonial holdings, and about three British soldiers serving in the 41st regiment in an exotic land. Set on India's remote rugged Northwest frontier were three British Bengal Lancers: the seasoned and fearless Scottish-Canadian Lt. Alan McGregor (Gary Cooper), gung-ho Lt. John Forsythe (Franchot Tone), and the naive, raw, untested recruit Lt. Donald Stone (Richard Cromwell) - the bitter son of a stern, high-ranking commanding official Col. Tom Stone (Guy Standing). The two soldiers attempted to rescue Stone after he was captured by warring chieftain Mohammed Khan (Douglas Dumbrille), and were captured and tortured themselves. With an exciting conclusion and battle - in which the trio of British soldiers found themselves fighting from inside the enemy's mountain fortress, as the Lancers attacked and laid siege. In the end, Lt. Stone redeemed himself by killing Khan, although McGregor died during the fierce assault.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), 132 minutes, D: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle A fanciful film version of William Shakespeare's play, with lavish sets, costumes, choreography, and a tremendous all-star cast. It was the first major Hollywood attempt at a Shakespearean play, and won two Oscars - Film Editing and Best Cinematography by replacement film-maker Hal Mohr (a write-in nominee/candidate). It was also the sole sound feature film of German experimental theater director Max Reinhardt. Classical composer Mendelssohn's music was adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. It told the story of mythical and mischievous forest creatures (fairies and artisans) who planned to put on a play for the amusement of the royal court at a royal wedding. Instead, the tale became one of a battle between the King Oberon (Victor Jory) and Queen Titania (Anita Louise) of the fairies and the misadventures of two couples who were confused and bedazzled. Unforgettable performances by James Cagney cast as Bottom and 15 year-old Mickey Rooney as Puck, and the film debut of Olivia de Havilland as Hermia.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) , 133 minutes, D: Frank Lloyd A classic adventure, Best Picture-winning film based upon Nordhoff and Hall's account of the hardships aboard an 18th century British man-of-war, the H.M.S. Bounty, on a naval sea expedition in 1789 in the remote South Pacific in search of breadfruit. The first (and best) of the filmic versions of the familiar tale, that was two years in the making and over-budget. Heartless, ruthless, sneering, arrogant and sadistic Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) subjected the crew to cruel suffering and degradation during his abuse of power (including a brutal flogging resulting in the death of the ship's sickly doctor), provoking heroic, fair-minded first officer Fletcher Christian (leading man Clark Gable) to lead them into a mutiny on its return voyage, and setting Bligh adrift on the high seas. Naughty Marietta (1935), 106 minutes, D: W.S.

Van Dyke II The very first film teaming of the famous romantic and singing duo Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald - a major box-office hit at the time. Based upon Victor Herbert's 1910 operetta, set in 18th century France. An orphaned French Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain ("Marietta Franini") (Jeanette MacDonald), refusing an arranged marriage to Don Carlos, a Spanish man she didn't love, escaped to colonial America (New Orleans, Louisiana) by exchanging destinies with her maid. When pirates attacked the ship bound for America, she was rescued and fell in love with Indian scout Capt. Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy). Although he left her when she played hard-to-get, he returned to locate his true love and took her with him into the frontier.

With songs including "The Italian Street Song," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," "I'm Falling in Love," and "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life." A Night at the Opera (1935) , 92 minutes, D: Sam Wood The first of five Marx Brothers films at MGM, a polished Marx Brothers comedy classic (their first film without Zeppo), one of their biggest hits, with famous routines and non-stop one-liners. Groucho played crafty promoter Otis B. Driftwood who wooed millionaire dowager Mrs. Claypool (perennial Margaret Dumont) and conned her into supporting an opera company with an investment of $200,000, so she could become a high-society member. With Fiorello (Chico) and Tomasso (Harpo), they all but destroyed and then eventually saved an operatic production. Memorable scenes included the crowded stateroom scene and the climax during the opening night performance of the grand opera. Peter Ibbetson (1935), 88 minutes, D: Henry Hathaway Based on the 1891 published novel by George du Maurier.

A story about a surreal, metaphysical, and transcendent romance between two who were separated as children and reunited by destiny years later - and also spiritually after death. The two were: Parisian architect Peter Ibbetson (Gary Cooper), commissioned to design stables on the property of British Duke of Towers (John Halliday), and the Duke's lovely wife Duchess Mary of Towers (Ann Harding). During his work, Ibbetson recognized Mary as his long-lost childhood friend named Mimsey that he had played with in the same garden, when his name was Gogo. The Duke's jealousy led to the accidental death of the Duke during a struggle with Ibbetson, and he was unjustly sentenced to life in prison (although it was self-defense). Incarcerated, he had many surreal visions and dreams of his lover Mary - and a promise of eternal happiness with her - fulfilled with her after they both died and had a final rendezvous together. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), 76 minutes, D: Leo McCarey One of the best (and funniest) screen comedies ever made. Most noted for Laughton's reading of the Gettysburg Address - while drunk.

The Earl of Burnstead (Roland Young), an English nobleman, lost his valet butler Marmaduke Ruggles (Charles Laughton) to a wealthy, visiting American ranching couple Effie (Mary Boland) and Egbert Floud (Charles Ruggles) during a poker game. Accompanying his rough-and-ready, uncouth new employer from Paris back to his new home in the Wild Western town of Red Gap, Washington in 1908, the stiff, upper-lipped Ruggles had trouble, at first, adjusting to this informal, rowdy frontier town. He was able to break his indentured bonds of servitude and free himself from class restructions. He romanced and married Mrs. Judson (ZaSu Pitts), and opened a restaurant with her. The Scoundrel (1935), 76 minutes, D: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur Won an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Story (by directors Hecht and MacArthur) for its witty script and great lines of dialogue, and its theme of redemption. Both Hecht and MacArthur had cameos as bums in the flophouse scene.

Also included the film debut of Burgess Meredith as a minor uncredited character. The American League of Decency banned the film. A manipulative, unpleasant and ruthless New York publisher/writer Anthony Mallare (Noel Coward in his first starring film role) survived by using everyone he came into contact with. He destroyed the career and life of aspiring young author Paul Decker (Stanley Ridges) who soon lost his career and self-respect. As a cold-hearted, love 'em and leave 'em womanizer, he loved naive young poetess Cora Moore (Julie Haydon), Decker's fiancee and then abandoned her after 6 months for a new lover, a concert pianist. Cora cursed him - hoping his plane crashed and that he might die, and thinking that no tear would be shed for him. When he actually perished on a Bermuda-bound airplane flight, his ghostly spirit was allowed to return to the world for one month to wander the Earth to atone for his actions, if he could find anyone who mourned his passing.

A Tale of Two Cities (1935), 120 minutes, D: Jack Conway (and Jacques Tourneur for second-unit sequences) A lavish MGM film adaptation of Charles Dickens' monumental classic novel of the French Revolution, and a blockbuster film for David O Selznick. Filmed twice in the silent era, in 1911 and 1922, and also in the sound era in 1958 and 1980. Dissolute Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman), an aimless and carefree London lawyer, found his purpose in aiding beleaguered and downtrodden victims of the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution. He heroically sacrificed his own life to save another man Charles Darnay (Donald Woods) from the guillotine and for the love of the woman Lucie Manette/Darnay (Elizabeth Allan) that they both loved. With Carton's haunting and famous last words before his execution: "It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done.

It's a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known." The 39 Steps (1935, UK) , 87 minutes, D: Alfred Hitchcock One of the all-time great thrillers, Hitchcock's first great masterpiece. In London, a visiting/vacationing Canadian rancher Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) attended a Palladium vaudeville act. When a shot rang out, he ended up in the company of a frightened woman, a female British agent Miss Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim). He was given a map of Scotland and told about an international spy ring (with vital national security secrets) run by a man missing part of one finger. Sheltering her for the night, she was murdered, and he found himself as an innocent man who must avoid police authorities (who suspected him of the murder) and pursuit by spies (who wanted to silence him). He took on her mission, and following the only clues he had, ended up in Scotland.

On the way, he was handcuffed by the spies to a strange woman Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), who at first hated him believing he was a criminal, but ended up in love with him and helped him solve the case. Top Hat (1935) , 101 minutes, D: Mark Sandrich From RKO Studios, the fourth film teaming the dancing pair Astaire/Rogers, possibly their best (and most successful) work, with choreography by Hermes Pan and Astaire, beautiful Art Deco sets, and integrated music from Irving Berlin. American dancer Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) pursued the romantic love of his life Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) from London, England to Venice, Italy. In London, he first met her in the hotel when his loud tap-dancing awakened her in the room below. In a complicated and comical case of mistaken identity, she thought he was married to her best long-suffering friend Madge Hardwick (Helen Broderick). Despite Dale's marriage to a rival Italian fashion designer Alberto Beddini (Erik Rhodes), in anger, Astaire and Rogers were reconciled and reunited in a gondola by film's end.

Memorable Irving Berlin songs/dances included: "Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)," "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails," "Piccolino," and "Cheek to Cheek." Triumph of the Will (1935, Germ.) (aka Triumph Des Willens), 114 minutes, D: Leni Riefenstahl Nazi Fuhrer leader Adolf Hitler commissioned dancer/actress-turned filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to make this notorious documentary to record and celebrate the sixth Nazi Reich Party Congress held in September 1934 in Nuremberg. This spectacular propagandistic film glorified and praised the might of the unjust and evil Nazi regime and state with masterful images, rapid cuts, a Wagnerian score, and ingenious camera angles and compositions. This infamous, extravagant two-hour film is still considered the most powerful propaganda film ever made, with grandiose opening shots of Messianic Hitler's arrival by plane, his heroic entrance and adulation by saluting ("Sieg Heil") multitudes and uniformed party members and soldiers (and Hitler Youth), and his charismatic exalted character during rousing speeches.

‎Captain Blood (1935) directed by Michael Curtiz • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 6 Enter Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland! A gamble on a big budget production which payed off, instantly making stars of them both. And what a grand adventure film! The type that Flynn would be most known for. The type of films that Douglas Fairbanks Sr. did during the 1920s. Flynn basically filled his spot for that niche in the market, because there hadn't been many spectacular adventure films after sound had arrived up to this point. Too difficult I guess until they'd mastered the new technology. And Captain Blood is full of fun and brutality! For a 2 hours action adventure it sure fills it's time well. Never a dull moment with Flynn being the ace and de Havilland is… 4 Errol Flynn was an Australian actor who became an overnight sensation when he arrived in Hollywood. This film directed by Michael Curtiz was his first real starring role and quickly earmarked him as one of the legends of the golden age of Hollywood.

A figure who became as famous for his off-screen shenanigans as for those in front of the camera, he was a ladies man with a lurid reputation. Captain Blood is the epitome of the "swashbuckling" adventure films so popular in the 1930's. Featuring Flynn as a former physician sold into slavery during the reign of James II and sent to Port Royal, this is the old adage of the wronged man standing up for his beliefs, regardless… 4 Before Jack Sparrow, before Maximus Meridius, before Han Solo, there was Errol Flynn. It is easy to conclude this is one of the classic adventure films, one of many from the golden age of Warner Bros. Flynn is thunderous as the hero Peter Blood, a simple character on the page that finds humility to spare in Flynn's natural charisma and likeability. It is squarely in his Robin Hood wheelhouse and it doesn't take much to want to root for him. The torture and enslavement of his character only helps hammer home the justice you want to see enacted, but good-hearted humor and gags easily transition from anguish and defeat to high-seas adventure.

Flynn's love interest is equally matched in Olivia… Review by Nuno Costa ★★★★ Viewed on TCM Captain Blood was to be played by Robert Donat, but because of health issues Donat had to drop out and Errol Flynn was an unknown. According to IMDB.Com: This was a big gamble for Warner Brothers in 1935, as it was an expensive production, costing $1 million without any household names (both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland became stars after the film's release). His first major starring role, Errol Flynn was so nervous during the initial shooting that director Michael Curtiz had to re-shoot his early scenes much later into the production, by which time Flynn had gained a level of confidence. This gamble paid off for the actors as well as for director Michael Curtiz.… Review by loureviews ★★★½ Probably the first classic adventure film in the talking picture era, and it was the film to introduce Errol Flynn to the screen - quite by accident, as this role was planned for the very different Robert Donat (39 Steps, Goodbye Mr Chips).

Anyway, Flynn steps in, and he's great, as is his screen-girl, Olivia de Havilland - their first teaming of many. The plot is a variant on the prisoners-become-pirates one which was used more than once in the future. It's got excellent Korngold music, and sparkling battle sequences. If it got a demerit for anything it would be that had it been made in colour, it would have had the same staying power and entertainment value as Flynn's… Movie Review - - A Newcomer Named Errol Flynn in a Handsome Film Version of 'Captain Blood,' at the Strand. - NYTimes.com A Newcomer Named Errol Flynn in a Handsome Film Version of 'Captain Blood,' at the Strand. By ANDRE SENNWALD. Published: December 27, 1935 The history of Dr. Peter Blood, Sabatini's gentleman corsair, is treated with visual beauty and a fine, swaggering arrogance in the new screen version of "Captain Blood" at the Strand Theatre.

With a spirited and criminally good-looking Australian named Errol Flynn playing the genteel buccaneer to the hilt, the photoplay recaptures the air of high romantic adventure which is so essential to the tale. Providing a properly picturesque background for Dr. Blood's piratical career, the Warner Brothers skillfully reconstruct the England of the sanguinary Monmouth uprising, the West Indies of tortured slaves and savage masters, and the ships that sailed the Spanish Main flying the jolly roger. Only yesterday Basil Rathbone was grinding the poor of Paris in "A Tale of Two Cities," and now, with equal skill if slightly increased likableness, he is quarreling with Captain Blood over the disposition of the handsome English captive, Miss Arabella Bishop. Mr. Rathbone has a habit of dying violently in his pictures, but his demise in this one, when Blood punctures him at the conclusion of a desperately waged duel, seems more lamentable than usual. Perhaps it is because he lacks the proper seasoning of villainy this time. All Levasseur, the picturesque French freebooter, wanted was the girl, who was rightfully his by right of conquest.

Somehow it seemed extravagantly prissy of the Englishman to fight him in abstract defense of the lady's honor instead of admitting candidly that he wanted Arabella for himself. Anyway, it is a brave bit of sword-play that these audacious fellows put on, up and down the Coast, while their rival crews look on. You may recall that Dr. Blood was an amateur pirate, forced into the business because King James had shipped him off to the Indies with the other condemned Monmouth rebels. A physician by profession, his part in the uprising was innocent, but the king's court convicted him along with the rest. He scorned his masters and laughed when they flogged him, but Arabella saved him from a living death in her uncle's mines at Port Royal because she liked his courage and his face. Then he led the slaves in an uprising, stole a Spanish ship while its crew was looting the town and became the most celebrated corsair in the Caribbean. Mr. Flynn has an effective cast at his back. Olivia de Havilland is a lady of rapturous loveliness and well worth fighting for.

Lionel Atwill, as the cruel governor of Port Royal, is as thorough a knave as Peter Blood is a gentleman. Among the excellent group of players who people the smaller rôles you will discover E. E. Clive, the wonderful jurist of "A Tale of Two Cities," who is humorously effective if somewhat less spectacular as the clerk of the bloody assizes. CAPTAIN BLOOD, based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini; screen play by Casey Robinson; directed by Michael Curtiz; a Warner Brothers production. At the Strand. Peter Blood . . . . . Errol Flynn Arabella Bishop . . . . . Olivia de Havilland Colonel Bishop . . . . . Lionel Atwill

Question: Who played Captain Blood in the 1935 movie.
Answer: Errol Flynn